Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-06-25
KANSAS NEWS.

Newton has a lawn tennis club and e
bicycle club.
The Wichita gas well has reached a
depth Of 1900 feet.
A flow of natural gas has been dis
covered near WetmOre.
Fourth of July viii be very generally
observed In Kansas this year.
DightOn papers are calling on the
city authorities to suppress gambling.
The Topeka waterworks will sooD
have neatly thirty miles Of mains laid.
I The Missouri Pacific railroad has pur-
chased $50 acres adjoining the town of
Iuka.
The Clyde waterworks has reduced
the rate of insurance in that town IS
per cent.
Downs is charged with having q
"MOOnshine budge'' mill somewhere in
its neighborhood.
Osborne Journal: Mr.. Gus. Burke
left Monday for West Point where he
viii enter the military school.
At Emporia the wages of primary
teachers have been raised, en- the ground
that it requires the first order of talent to
teach the little folks.
Incendiaries burned a bridge for the
( Southern Kansas in ChRutRuquR county
last week. 1t has already been rebuilt
and trains are again running.
/ By the bursting OF boiler at Mentor,
a town about seven miles south Of Sa-
lima, the engineer, Daniel Carlin, a
citizen OF Salina, was scRlded to death.
Harper had a great foot race last week
between Kittleman and English. It was
a 100 yard dash. KittlemRn beat. The
time OF the run was 60 seconds. Two
thousand people were in attendance,
There is talk of soon starting a broom
factory in West Haven. 1t isa good 10
cation and in other words the best loca-
ton as we have the bulk Of the best and
thriving farmers In our vicinity.
Mrs. Kelly, wife OF Conductor Kelly,
Of the Rock Island, at Atchison narrowly
escaped death by taking a large dose of
tincture Of iodine, mistahng it for medi-
cine. The prompt arrival Of doctors
saved her life.
Ellsworth Democrat: Last Tuesday
as she proceeding to her home on the
Flats, Mrs. Fisher, by the giving away
Of the seat, was percipitBted to the
ground, the fall causing the dislOcation
OF her neck. She died almost instantane-
ously.
Bird City Democrat: A great many
citizens Of this county are taking timber
claims in Colorado. The divide on
which Bird City is located is said to ex-
tend two hundred miles southwest, and
the finest kind Of claims are located
thereon.
Coffeyville Journal: As predicted in
The Journal several weeks ago the
bridge across the Sycamore, west Of this
town, has fallen down and the accident
came very near having fatal results.
At Welsford Mr.. Edmonds, while
smoking pipe fell from a scafOld eight
feet to the ground and struck the end of
the pipe, his tongue rolling up and
pushing the pipe stem twice through thu
tongue.
The state penitentiary now has almost
| 1000 cOnvicts within its walls. The az-
pense OF management during the past
month has been $4,000 greater than the
earnings Of the prison. The total ex-
Penditures for May were almost So, 900,
which is almost $1.25 per prisoner.
The Ft. Scott petroleum is said to be
the heaviest csrbOniferous oil in the
country, except some very shallow wells
IN eastern Ohio and southern West Vir-
/ ginia. A sample of it viii be sent to the
university OF Bologna, which Is to cele-
brate its 8O0th anniversary next year.
An Atchison young lady is winning
fame early. She wrote an essay on the
sunhower state to read at the gradual
ing exercises Of the high school and now
the papers are printing it under the head
Of ''something new about Kansas" pref
scing it with a handsome compliment
to the young author.
Wabaunsee Nes0s. While at Topeka
/ last week, we were informed by a prom
inent citizen Of that city, that the pres
ent contractor on the state house wss
formerly a homesteader in Wabaunsee
county and now able to make bond for
a million dollars. Moral. Plant your
early crop in Wabaunsee county.
Attica Advocate: Mrs. WeIker was
driving team attached to a riding Gull
| tivBtOr, and by some means fell or
was thrown from the seat, directly in
/ front OF the blades. One Of the shoveIs
struck her in the lower portion Of the
body, producing a wound that VIII,
If she RECEIVERS at all, take many weeks,
if not months, to again be able to be out
Of her bed.
Osborne Farmer: The steam wagon
SO successfully made and run by Frank
/ Hatch still draws its fair share OF atten-
/ ton when he chooses to sail around the
streets without a team The steering
gear is peculiarly simple and effective,
Frank being able to run the engine and
1 guide the chariot without over eZerting
( himself In the least.
At Edgerton Mrs. s. A. Sloan, in at
| tempting to arise from hammock fell
| to the ground. injuEing her spine and
| fracturiDg the base OF the occipibal bone.
/ Medical assistance was called, but moth
ing could be done. She has fingered 10
semi-paralyzsd state ever since and
may possibly live several days longer;
but her death, however, Is only a ques-
ton of few days.
Wichita Beacon: In beard day light
three tFamps attempted to holdup
man on Main street. They first APP
preached and asked the man to give them
a quarter each to get a meal, and when
he refused they commenced threatening
and cursing him, and minated their in
tention Of taking the money. The gentle
mBn called police" and they started to
run In different directions.